Inspiration and Information: Müller at ACHEMA 2018

Industry professionals can hardly wait for June 11, when Messe Frankfurt once again hosts the triennial get-together for experts from the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors. With a floor space of 160 square meters, Müller is as usual exhibiting a large variety of interesting products and systems. These include a lift / swivel / tumble column for drums, the well-proven MCV containment valves, stainless steel drums, hoppers and drum trucks in various versions, a drum-emptying system for paste-like products, a PDC washing machine and a model of a fully automated pallet transfer system. “Professionals visiting our stand will be inspired as well as informed. We offer everything from a single source,” says Thomas Furtwängler, COO of Müller GmbH, underscoring Müller's competence as a long-standing partner of the process industries.

NEW: The MCV-LW single-use containment valve

At ACHEMA, Müller GmbH, Rheinfelden, Germany, is exhibiting its new MCV-LW split butterfly valve, an automatable single-use variant of the well-established Müller Containment Valve MCV and suitable for use where powders and granular materials are processed.

The valve is manufactured in a performance polymer to save costs and weight, and is thus named the MCV-LW for its lightweight construction, which also makes it safe, flexible and simple to use. Levers for locking the valve and actuating it can easily be changed over from those for manual operation to those for pneumatic actuation via signals from a programmable logic controller.

The MCV-LW is designed for GMP-compliant manufacturing, its suitability for single-use operation reducing the risk of cross contamination. Integrated position sensors send feedback signals to the plant control system. The MCV-LW also offers a simple option for scaling up various production processes. The valve will be available in various diameters.